Uninstalling the ATI Linux Proprietary Driver Uninstalling the ATI Linux Proprietary Driver is dependent on the mode of the initial installation. Automatic or Custom Driver Installations If the ATI Proprietary Linux Driver was installed using either the Automatic or Custom options, then do the following: 1 Launch the Terminal Application/Window and navigate to the /usr/share/ati folder. With superuser permissions, enter the command "sh ./fglrx-uninstall.sh". 2 Reboot your system. 3 You have now successfully uninstalled the ATI Linux Proprietary Driver. Package Generation If the initial installation of the driver was done via the Operating Systems package management software (RPM, APT, etc.) then please use that package management software to remove the ATI Proprietary Linux Driver. In order to restore the system to the previous state before the last installation, the original configuration file needs to be restored manually. Without that, Xorg may fail to start properly after uninstalling the driver and rebooting the system. To restore the original Xorg configuration file: 1 Locate backup configuration files: ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-* Take the latest version with the highest number and copy it over the existing 2 xorg.conf file: cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original- /etc/X11/xorg.conf After that it is safe to reboot the system and it will start up using the open-source driver that ships with the OS. ( see http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.38&lang=us&rev=10.5&ostype=Linux%20x86 )